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    <updateDate>2019-02-20T20:55:16Z</updateDate>
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    <introducedDate>2011-05-12</introducedDate>
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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. HUNTER:H.R. 1877.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 states that ``Congress shallhave the power to . . . provide for the common defense andgeneral welfare of the United States; . . .'' In additionArticle I, Section 8, Clause 10 states that Congress shallhave the power ``to define and punish piracies and feloniescommitted on the high seas, and offenses against the law ofnations;'' Also, Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 grantsCongress the power ``to . . . make rules concerning captureson land and water;''.[Page H3280]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52]</fullName>
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          <name>Caribbean area</name>
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          <name>Correctional facilities and imprisonment</name>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that no family member of an individual detained at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Guantanamo), is permitted to visit such individual.</p> <p>Includes as an individual detained at Guantanamo one located there on or after March 7, 2011, who: (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, and (2) is in the custody or control of DOD.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To direct the Secretary of Defense to prohibit family members of individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from visiting such individuals.</title>
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        <title>To direct the Secretary of Defense to prohibit family members of individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from visiting such individuals.</title>
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